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Can you explain what some of those are?Alex Shortt: The reason why we don’t just go to this brilliant technology is that it comes with an additional risk, over and above laser eye surgery. And that is the risk of infection inside the eye.This is something that all eye surgeons live in fear of: endophthalmitis. That means infection inside the eyeball. Endophthalmitis has the potential to permanently damage your vision and leave you effectively blind.Now, that doesn’t always happen. But we estimate that the risk of getting a severe infection after any form of surgery inside your eye is 1 in 2,500 cases. The risk of that causing permanent damage to your eyesight or permanent vision loss, is 1 in 10,000 cases.If you\u2019d like to know more about vision corrective surgery,\u00a0book a free initial screening\u00a0today and I will personally answer your questions. 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